Safest counties for violent crime rate in the United States
Top 25 of 3144 counties with data.
Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.
Safest counties for violent crime rate in the United States
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Liberty, FL15.1 per 100k County page | |
| 02 | Brown, IL15.2 per 100k County page | |
| 03 | McCreary, KY15.3 per 100k County page | |
| 04 | Sheridan, ND15.5 per 100k County page | |
| 05 | Franklin, NE15.8 per 100k County page | |
| 06 | Waldo, ME15.8 per 100k County page | |
| 07 | Martin, IN16.0 per 100k County page | |
| 08 | Owen, KY16.1 per 100k County page | |
| 09 | Elliott, KY16.3 per 100k County page | |
| 10 | Dewey, SD16.3 per 100k County page | |
| 11 | Fayette, IN16.4 per 100k County page | |
| 12 | Rush, IN16.4 per 100k County page | |
| 13 | Braxton, WV16.6 per 100k County page | |
| 14 | Kinney, TX16.6 per 100k County page | |
| 15 | Scotland, MO16.8 per 100k County page | |
| 16 | Hanson, SD17.2 per 100k County page | |
| 17 | Webster, WV17.4 per 100k County page | |
| 18 | Menard, IL17.8 per 100k County page | |
| 19 | Henry, IN17.8 per 100k County page | |
| 20 | LaGrange, IN17.9 per 100k County page | |
| 21 | Geauga, OH18.1 per 100k County page | |
| 22 | Putnam, IN18.4 per 100k County page | |
| 23 | Dearborn, IN18.6 per 100k County page | |
| 24 | Pierce, NE18.8 per 100k County page | |
| 25 | Marshall, IN19.0 per 100k County page | |
How this ranking works
This page ranks every US county by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.
For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.
Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.
Frequently asked questions
- Which US county has the lowest violent crime rate?
- Liberty, FL has the lowest violent crime rate in the United States, at 15.1 per 100k.
- What is the violent crime rate in Liberty, FL?
- Liberty, FL is ranked #1 in the United States for violent crime rate, at 15.1 per 100k.
- How is this violent crime rate ranking calculated?
- Counties in the United States are ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first. Values describe the county, not an individual property. Source vintage is shown on the page.
Related
Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime), state by state
The same ranking, scoped to a single state.
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- Alaska
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- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
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- Hawaii
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- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
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- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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